ExploreHere vs BigfootMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExploreHere
This app transforms your drives into engaging audio journeys. It automatically plays stories about historic landmarks and hidden places as you travel, allowing for a hands-free and immersive discovery experience.
- Hands-free audio stories
- Automatic landmark discovery
- Walking and driving tours
- Offline access (Pro)
- Nearby history alerts
- Save favorite stops (Pro)
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Turn every drive into a story. ExploreHere is a hands-free road trip guide that plays stories automatically as you travel. Discover historic landmarks, hidden places, and unforgettable moments, without ever touching your phone. Whether you're cruising cross-country, exploring a small town, or wandering a new city, ExploreHere reveals the stories that shaped the places around you. Made for the Road - 240,000+ Historic Landmarks across the U.S. - Auto-Play Audio as you pass places worth knowing - Hands-Free Travel Mode for safe driving - Walking & Driving Tours through cities, parks, and scenic highways - Nearby History Alerts so you never miss a story Pro Features - Offline access for no-service road trips - High-Quality Immersive Audio - View public lands, national parks & forests and native lands - Smart proximity alerts - Save and organize favorite stops Perfect For Road trippers • RV travelers • National park explorers • History lovers • Families on vacation • Curious travelers ExploreHere transforms highways into story-filled journeys and ordinary stops into unforgettable discoveries. See the history around you. Start exploring today. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: http://explorehere.app/privacy
BigfootMap
This app serves as an interactive mapping tool for Bigfoot enthusiasts and researchers. It allows users to submit and document sightings in a standardized format to build a global, crowd-sourced database for understanding Bigfoot behavior and population.
- Interactive Bigfoot mapping tool
- Crowd-sourced sighting database
- Standardized data capture
- Submit and document sightings
- Global research utility
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BigfootMap is the definitive interactive atlas of Bigfoot sightings — over 16,000 documented encounters unified from every major research database into one searchable, satellite-grade map. Whether you're a serious cryptozoology researcher, a weekend explorer planning your next outing, or simply curious about the patterns behind decades of sighting reports, BigfootMap turns scattered data into actionable insight. WHAT'S INSIDE • 16,000+ sightings from the John Green Database, Mangani, Kilmury, Survey123, and crowd-sourced submissions • 2D and 3D satellite terrain — see exactly what the witnesses saw • Smart clustering that reveals real hotspots at every zoom level • Filter by year, season, source, county, state, and witness type • Live NEXRAD weather radar overlay • Public lands (PAD-US) and surface water (NHD) overlays for fieldwork planning • Tap any sighting for full details: location, witness account, environmental context, distance to nearest water PRO MEMBERSHIP — $9.99/MONTH Unlock the tools serious researchers use: • Analysis Studio — interactive charts of sightings by season, decade, ecoregion, and elevation • Submit your own encounters with photos and detailed reports • AI-powered exploration guides for any region • Data export for offline analysis • Saved locations and bookmarks • Ad-free experience WHY BIGFOOTMAP? Most Bigfoot resources are scattered PDFs, dead websites, and incompatible spreadsheets. BigfootMap is the first project to unify them into a clean, queryable map — built by researchers, for researchers, but accessible to anyone curious about America's most enduring mystery. Subscriptions auto-renew monthly until canceled. Manage in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://bigfootmap.com/privacy Terms of use: https://bigfootmap.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ExploreHere at Free against BigfootMap's $2.99. ExploreHere also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (64% vs 30%). BigfootMap's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
ExploreHere is free to download; BigfootMap costs $2.99 up front. ExploreHere sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. BigfootMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
ExploreHere holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ExploreHere has 797 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of ExploreHere's written reviews are positive against 30% of BigfootMap's.
ExploreHere ships an update every 10 days, BigfootMap every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ExploreHere | BigfootMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (797 ratings) — better | 3.0 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.2% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 797 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | #183 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Wesley Vance | Think Outside, LLC |
Customer experience
ExploreHere
BigfootMap
Bugs and requests
ExploreHere
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes when viewing multiple items
- Crashes on app launch/opening
- Continuous tracking feature not working on iPhone
- CarPlay compatibility issues
- Audio descriptions cut off mid-sentence
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- Double charging incidents
- App freezing and becoming unresponsive
- Incomplete marker database coverage
Requested features
8 requests- Automatic audio reading when passing markers for drivers
- City-based browsing instead of marker name search
- Improved voice quality and complete audio descriptions
- Better map visibility with lighter road colors
- Automatic location detection on app launch
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- Free filtering options without upgrade requirement
- Continuous tracking feature improvement
- Offline marker access capability
BigfootMap
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ExploreHere
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly$3.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.001 Month
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- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$5.001 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$6.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$10.001 Month
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$10.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$16.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$20.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly$25.001 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$50.001 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$24.99
- Pro - Lifetime$60.00
- Pro - Lifetime$90.00
BigfootMap
No in-app purchases
